Category: Podcasts
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3007 – Days of Valour: The Victoria Crosses awarded during the Siege, Relief and Retaking of Lucknow
The Residency complex at Lucknow was under siege. It had been since late June 1857. It was now October. A small relief force had broken through from Cawnpore but it was then too weak to enable the combined garrison to break out. The combined garrison now contained fewer than 3,000 men, British soldiers, civilians, and…
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Mackenzie King
Everyone remembers the role of Churchill and Roosevelt throughout the war, but there was a third man key to their relationship and of the three of them the only one to remain in power at the end of the war in August 1945. Mackenzie King was the Prime Minister of Canada, the largest British Dominion…
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AW150 – Introducing mail armour in the Roman Army
In this episode Murray, Jasper and Mark talk to Bret Devereaux. In 2020 Bret presented his paper Mail Armour in the Middle Republic: Adoption, Prevalence and Impact to the Society for Classical Studies/Archaeological Institute of America Joint Annual meeting. >>Download<<
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3006 – Days of Valour: The Victoria Crosses awarded during the Siege, Relief and Retaking of Lucknow
“Throughout the Indian Mutiny of 1857-1858, a total of 182 Victoria Crosses were awarded; more than one third of those were awarded for actions in in the city of Lucknow. It is a place with which anyone who studies the history of military bravery should be intimately familiar. One of the most remarkable actions during…
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Eighth Army versus Rommel
Cast your minds back to episode 103 Angus discussed Eric Dorman-Smith with James Colvin. At that time James was busy researching and writing a book looking at the British Army in North Africa, its tactics and training in an effort to explain the difficulties the 8th Army had fighting the Afrika Korps. Jame’s book was…
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WSS50 – Terrain Question Time
In the 50th episode of the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy podcast the boys chat terrain, answering questions sent in from some of Guy’s stooges. They also cover the latest news from Osprey, Great Escape Games and take a look at A Taste of Victory. >>Download<< Links Absolute Emperor, Osprey Publishing Great Escape Games A Taste of Victory…
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3005 – “The greatest man who ever lived or will ever live”: The story of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor – Part 2
In this second episode of the life of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor we continue the story of his reign and of the conflicts in the first half of the 16th Century that shaped Europe and the world. The ruler of an empire is forever in the saddle and so it was with Charles. Conflict…
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AW146 – Breakaway empires of the third century AD
‘The second half of the third century AD saw Rome’s military leadership embroiled in a deadly power struggle. Meanwhile, on the empire’s frontiers, trouble was brewing…’ The Ancient Warfare team discuss issue XIV.5 of Ancient Warfare magazine. If you’re not already a patron of the podcast you can find us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast >>Download<<
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How to kill a Panther tank
It’s a simple question, how do you knock out a Panther tank? When the ‘boffins’ in Britain got hold of a Panther it’s the question they were tasked with finding an answer for. Using official reports and documents, Craig Moore has been through the archives piecing together all the faults that the British saw in…
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3004 – “The greatest man who ever lived or will ever live”: The story of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
‘Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor also known as Carlos was born in 1500 dying in the Spanish monastery of Yuste of malaria aged 58. As we list his titles, King of Spain, King of the Netherlands, Flanders and Belgium, Emperor of Austria and Hungary, ruler of much of Italy including Milan, Sicily, Sardinia and Naples…